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Theory:Doctor Who television discontinuity and plot holes/Rose (edit)
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* When Rose is attacked by the plastic arm, the Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver to cancel the signal. While he is doing this, Jackie is drying her hair in the other room. In ''[[Forest of the Dead]]'' the Doctor says that hair dryers interfere with his sonic screwdriver, so shouldn't he be unable to use it against the arm? | * When Rose is attacked by the plastic arm, the Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver to cancel the signal. While he is doing this, Jackie is drying her hair in the other room. In ''[[Forest of the Dead]]'' the Doctor says that hair dryers interfere with his sonic screwdriver, so shouldn't he be unable to use it against the arm? | ||
::The Doctor said ''some'' hair dryers. He also had to buzz it a few times for it to work. | ::The Doctor said ''some'' hair dryers. He also had to buzz it a few times for it to work. | ||
:::Also that was a different sonic screwdriver than in Forest of the Dead, remember in ''[[Smith and Jones]]'' - he had to get a new one. In ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'' - the [[Eleventh Doctor]] needs also a new one. | |||
::Also that was a different sonic screwdriver than in Forest of the Dead, remember in ''[[Smith and Jones]]'' - he had to get a new one. In ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'' - the [[Eleventh Doctor]] needs also a new one. | |||
* Wouldn't Jackie hear Rose crashing through the table? | * Wouldn't Jackie hear Rose crashing through the table? | ||
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* When Mickey opens the lid to the rubbish bin and his hands are stuck to it, when he starts to stretch out the plastic and turn around, the strands switch hands instead of crossing. | * When Mickey opens the lid to the rubbish bin and his hands are stuck to it, when he starts to stretch out the plastic and turn around, the strands switch hands instead of crossing. | ||
::Clearly the plastic has the ability to do that. | ::Clearly the plastic has the ability to do that. | ||
:::Or clearly the production team stuffed up; simple as that. | |||
::Or clearly the production team stuffed up; simple as that. | |||
* The Doctor says everything plastic shall come to life. However, during the Auton invasion, you can see heaps of plastic items that stay dormant. In fact, it's only the Shop Window Dummies that come to life. You can see shopping bags, chairs, bins that don't come to life at all. | * The Doctor says everything plastic shall come to life. However, during the Auton invasion, you can see heaps of plastic items that stay dormant. In fact, it's only the Shop Window Dummies that come to life. You can see shopping bags, chairs, bins that don't come to life at all. | ||
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* Why do the Autons have guns in their hands anyway? Normal shop window dummies don't. | * Why do the Autons have guns in their hands anyway? Normal shop window dummies don't. | ||
::They must've been specially made and planted in shop windows, presumably by the Nestene Consciousness. Some of them may even be left over from the original invasion of ''Spearhead from Space''. | ::They must've been specially made and planted in shop windows, presumably by the Nestene Consciousness. Some of them may even be left over from the original invasion of ''Spearhead from Space''. | ||
:::Another possibility is that the joints in the wrists normally used to join the hands to the torso are shooting hard plastic bullets. | |||
::Another possibility is that the joints in the wrists normally used to join the hands to the torso are shooting hard plastic bullets. | |||
* Why couldn't Rose tell Mickey was an Auton? Anyone would have noticed the weird plastic sheen to his skin and hair. | * Why couldn't Rose tell Mickey was an Auton? Anyone would have noticed the weird plastic sheen to his skin and hair. | ||
::Rose was preoccupied thinking about the Doctor. Having almost been killed and then meeting a mysterious man, it is likely that she would not be thinking properly. | ::Rose was preoccupied thinking about the Doctor. Having almost been killed and then meeting a mysterious man, it is likely that she would not be thinking properly. | ||
:::The obviously plastic look was a production effect for our benefit. ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'' created the impression that Auton copies are extremely difficult to distinguish from normal humans. | |||
::The obviously plastic look was a production effect for our benefit. ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'' created the impression that Auton copies are extremely difficult to distinguish from normal humans. | |||
* The Doctor calls humans "stupid apes" but wouldn't the [[Gallifreyan]]s, being [[humanoid]] and almost physically identical to humans, had evolved from an ape-like race? | * The Doctor calls humans "stupid apes" but wouldn't the [[Gallifreyan]]s, being [[humanoid]] and almost physically identical to humans, had evolved from an ape-like race? | ||
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* When Rose's mum is out shopping during the activation stage, she is seen throwing away her red hand bag. Later after Rose saves the day and calls her mum to check if she is ok Rose's mum pulls her phone out of a denim handbag? | * When Rose's mum is out shopping during the activation stage, she is seen throwing away her red hand bag. Later after Rose saves the day and calls her mum to check if she is ok Rose's mum pulls her phone out of a denim handbag? | ||
* When Rose believes Mickey is dead, she says she will have to tell his mother. However, we later learn that Mickey's mother left the family when Mickey was very young, and presumably has no contact with her son. | |||
::She might have indirect contact with people Mickey knows, such as his teachers. | |||
* When Rose gives Micky the Auton's arm, it is a right arm, but when Micky throws it in the dumpster it is a left arm, then it's back to being a right arm when it attacks the Doctor. | |||
::This is living plastic, which can change form. | |||
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